Papers on Social Issues
Getting Out Of The Ghetto
Words: 317 - Pages: 2.... and prostitution, just to survive. There are a few that are lucky enough to maintain a blue collar job, but even in this case, the income is usually relitively low and the struggle continues. The fact that LeAlan Jones is young , a minority, and was born into the ghetto makes the struggle for success ever more difficult. Jones is deteermined to beat the odds, and get an education that will break the poverty that his family has been striken with. There is one major factor that is on Jones side, he was born in the United States. If Jones Had been lets say in India, his dreams of would be next to impossible. In a caste system your are n .....
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Cheating
Words: 180 - Pages: 1.... you cheat in school, you are just getting by, you aren't
actually learning. Later in life, this can really hurt you. When you grow
up and have a job, there will be no one to copy. None of the good
employers will want you if you can't do good work -- and that means
undesirable, dead-end, jobs like flipping burgers.
Cheating is also dishonest and dishonorable to yourself and other
people. It will cause you to lose your self respect and the respect of
others. Cheaters never really win, they only fool themselves.
For these reasons, I believe that cheating is a terrible thing to
do. It may get you a grade, but that grade sure won .....
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The Subject Of Equality And Justification Of Social Hierarchy
Words: 1413 - Pages: 6.... that Jefferson applied that “all men and women are created equal.” The subject of equality has been under debate since the settling of the colonies and continues today. How can this country be a superior world power but still try to live by the belief that “all men are created equal.”
Although some people truly felt that this nation must have a social hierarchy in order to stay competitive with foreign powers, in the nineteenth century many people began to express their concern that minorities and women weren’t allow to participate in the American Dream. Was it really possible for this nation to practice the belief that “all me .....
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Blind Conformity: Malcolm X
Words: 709 - Pages: 3.... unlikely victim of blind conformity. However,
as shown in his essay, My First Conk, Malcolm X, in fact, was victimized by this
malignant disease. Straightening black hair, though, is just one impulse that
is bought on by blind conformity. Changing one's self to look or behave like
another because it is more desired by the public is due to a disregarding of one'
s self-claimed morals and values, an over emphasis of the media and outside
opinions, and an insecurity which most of us unfortunately have.
In My First Conk, Malcolm X assured that black people were being
brainwashed to believe that they actually were inferior to white peopl .....
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Alcohol Advertisements
Words: 510 - Pages: 2.... 105) To
most young adults the advertisements woos them into wanting to drink. For
example; if they came out with a new alcoholic beverages would you know
that it was there if it wasn’t advertised on T.V? Think about where did
you hear about your favorite restaurant ? Most likely you heard about it
on your television show between your favorite shows!! Two federal reporters
recommended that alcohol advertisements should be band or severely limited
because of the effect that it has on people( alcohol).
Another reason that T.V advertisement has effects on it’s viewers
they make it look "cool" . Scientist at the University of Massachusetts .....
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European Studies
Words: 5423 - Pages: 20.... To this end, a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
was established in 1963. (2) Provisions for this policy were made in the
Treaty of Rome. The aims of this policy were to increase agricultural
productivity, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural
community, to stabilise markets and to ensure reasonable prices for the
consumer. (3) This is unusual in the context of the Treaty of Rome which
provided for free trade and movement of resources. Agriculture was ill-
adapted for this approach. Protection was given, not only by customs
duties, but also by a variety of agricultural policies. This essay will
discuss the merits and deme .....
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The Effect Of Viewing Television Violence On Childhood Aggression
Words: 2045 - Pages: 8.... of a causal link existing between the
viewing of televised violence and childhood aggression. It is an important
question because if violent television is linked to childhood aggression we need
to adapt our television shows accordingly.
Early 1960's Research
There is earlier research, but the first association between violent television
and aggression was in the early 1960's when Albert Bandura began researching his
modeling theory. His series of experiments first set the precedent for a
relationship between violent television viewing and aggression. He felt
children would model or imitate adult behavior. In one study he subjected .....
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Poverty
Words: 414 - Pages: 2.... outside the grades, which the community regards as acceptable.
An example of this can be found in Great Falls, MT at the government-housing complex. I have heard the residents labeled as poverty stricken poor, lazy, shady characters and bums among other things. As long as an individual resides in the “project: they will continue to be labeled by most citizens, others may resent them for costing tax payers money to house and feed them.
One classmate voiced her opinion on poverty and how it was a rut that can not be overcome easily. She believed that once on government assistance, if your earnings increased the government punishes yo .....
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Adolescent Egocentrism
Words: 516 - Pages: 2.... party and here he is having another one. I asked them all why he was having another party after all ready getting in trouble, “Oh, well they won’t get in any trouble, nothing will happen to them. They’re our friends.” This displays the act of being indestructible. They all seriously thought nothing was going to happen to them. Maybe nothing will, but still they believe that there isn’t even the chance even though it happened before. Drawing on my adolescence, I can remember thinking like that also.
The second example relates to the latter. I mentioned that all the other kids were going to the party and drinking and the oth .....
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Is There A Population Problem?
Words: 1160 - Pages: 5.... is also suffering. Every environmental problem can
be traced to an abundant amount of humans on Earth. On Earth we have
available approximately 130 million km^2 [50.2 million mile^s2] of ice-free,
fertile and barren land surface. This amount of land left i s continually
being decreased because of an increase of the amount settlement. A food
problem in the world can also be traced to overpopulation. The food
problem is not characterized by a lack of food but a lack in quality of
food. So what is the problem? What are the facts? The United Nations
estimates that the population of the Earth in 2050 could be between 7.7 to
11.2 billion peo .....
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